When we talk about a franchise as popular as Halo, sometimes the numbers get so big as to grossly outsize human comprehension. Today, Microsoft announced that the tentpole franchise has sold more than 60 million copies to date, and that people have put in over 6 billion hours into the online modes. »10/22/14 4:01pm 10/22/14 4:01pm

With this week's release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 reopening the franchise discussion floodgates, commenter deuxhero makes an empassioned plea for the Final Fantasy game he believes is the best, even if nobody else does. Let's Speak Up on Kotaku.»2/01/12 11:00am 2/01/12 11:00am

Earlier this month Game Informer gave us the first dust-filled image from BioWare's mysterious new franchise. Now Spike delivers the first footage from the title, nearly three whole seconds that tell us absolutely nothing. »11/22/11 12:30pm 11/22/11 12:30pm

Guitar Hero was once a shining star of a video game franchise, with each yearly installment generating more excitement than the last. Now the series is on indefinite hold. An internal Activision memo obtained by Giant Bomb poses a compelling question. "Isn't Call of Duty today just like Guitar Hero was a few years… »4/20/11 3:40pm 4/20/11 3:40pm

Sam Gideon comes alive in this exclusive special edition of Sega's Vanquish featuring a lovely window box and one extremely sexy seven inch figure. It's time to make some friends in the UK. »9/14/10 5:20pm 9/14/10 5:20pm

When will Assassin's Creed return once Ezio's story ends in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood? According to series associate producer Jean-Francois Boivin, a year hiatus might be in order. »7/08/10 12:20pm 7/08/10 12:20pm